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States in Action: National Health Reform and Long-Term Care – Newsletter
10/01/2010 | 1038 Requests *Summary
States are confronting challenging budgets along with the need to implement health reform. Many are looking to improve long-term care as a way to control costs and serve seniors and people with disabilities in settings they prefer. This newsletter describes provisions in the Affordable Care Act that assist states in expanding HCBS, the growing movement to improve facility-based care, and innovative programs in three states that seek to provide consumer-directed long-term care.
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Available Files
- Newsletter PDF (768K, 19 pages)
- Newsletter Off-site link
Keywords
Medicaid; Long Term Services and Supports; Expenditures; Community Inclusion; HCBS State Plan Option; Community First Choice Option; Money Follows the Person Demonstration; State Balancing Incentive Program; Residential Care; culture change; Rhode Island: Incorporating Culture Change into the Nursing Home Survey Process; Michigan: Measuring the Long-Term Care Workforce; Colorado: Incorporating Quality of Life into Medicaid Reimbursement
Topic
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Consumer/Participant Direction, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care, Physical Disabilities, Workforce/Direct Care
Type/Tool
Links / Websites, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers
Source
The Commonwealth Fund
State
Colorado, Michigan, Rhode Island, All States/Territories
Date Created
12/08/2010
Contact
The Commonwealth Fund
statesinaction@cmwf.org
212-606-3800
statesinaction@cmwf.org
212-606-3800
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HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)